Punish Hardworking Taxpayers
How Welfare Incentives Undermine Parental Responsibility and Punish Hardworking Taxpayers Observing the Unfair Reality For decades, we, as a nation, have watched as working families struggle to put food on the table, juggle multiple jobs, and make responsible financial choices - all while observing single parents, usually women, living in comfort, with new cars, electronics, and luxuries, funded by the labor of taxpayers. The frustration is understandable: the system that is supposed to protect the vulnerable has instead created perverse incentives that reward irresponsibility. Welfare Policies That Encourage Irresponsibility Public policy in the United States, at local, state, and federal levels, actively incentivizes behavior that undermines both moral and ethical responsibility. Welfare programs, from cash assistance to “free” school lunches, were designed to provide temporary support to families in need. However, the reality is that the way benefits are structured today encoura...
